An earthquake has hit the Australian state of Victoria.
Thousands of Victorians were woken in the early hours of Friday morning when they felt a tremor.
It has now been revealed that a 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck an area 127km east of Melbourne, near Rawson.
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The first tremor reportedly hit at at around 1.32am.
According to ABC News, approximately 9,000 people felt it – even including locals in the Melbourne Metropolitan area.
"The first thing that actually wakes you up is the roar that starts before the earthquake actually comes through and you get a few seconds in advance to the shaking that occurs," a local man told the ABC.
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"You get this roar… like a train going past, and it's really, really loud, and that's what you notice when you're so close to the epicentre of an earthquake."
When Victorians - who are no strangers to earthquakes recently - initially felt the tremor, they took to social media to question what it was.
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Aussie actor and comedian Magda Szubanksi tweeted: "Earthquake??? Again?? Melbourne peeps??"
Meanwhile, another said: "Why is Melbourne in its earthquake era?"
As a third added: "Two earthquakes in the space of a month in Melbourne - wtf is going on?"
Thankfully, the Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed there is "no tsunami threat to Australia from the earthquake felt in Melbourne".
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Victoria has been hit by several quakes in recent times, most notably copping three tremors in the space of a single week back in May.
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